Segment Reporting (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended							36 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012 boardmember	May 04, 2013	Feb. 02, 2013 agreement	Oct. 27, 2012	Feb. 01, 2014 segment agreement	Feb. 01, 2014 Wet Seal [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Wet Seal [Member]	Jan. 28, 2012 Wet Seal [Member]	Feb. 01, 2014 Arden B [Member] store	Feb. 02, 2013 Arden B [Member] store	Jan. 28, 2012 Arden B [Member] store	Feb. 01, 2014 Arden B [Member] store	Oct. 31, 2012 Corporate [Member] boardmember	Feb. 01, 2014 Corporate [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Corporate [Member] agreement	Feb. 02, 2013 Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer [Member] Corporate [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Workforce Reduction [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Workforce Reduction [Member] Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments					2
Operating (loss) income of asset impairment charges						$ 12.7	$ 24.0	$ 2.6	$ 2.2	$ 3.0	$ 1.9
Number of stores closed									5	24	1	30
Disposal group, revenue									2.5	17.6	21.7
Disposal group, operating income (loss)									(0.1)	(1.9)	(0.4)
Benefit to adjust loss contingency charges		3.5												3.5
Litigation expense			6.6	0.5											7.1
Severance costs																1.0	3.0	0.3	0.3
Corporate expense for early termination of investment banker retention agreements			0.5												0.5
Professional fees			$ 0.3	$ 2.1											$ 1.9
Number of investment banker retention agreements			2												2
Number of board members replaced	4												4
Number of board members	7												7